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''Xenochodaeus'' is a genus of sand-loving scarab beetles in the family
Ochodaeidae Ochodaeidae, also known as the sand-loving scarab beetles, is a small family of scarabaeiform beetles occurring in many parts of the world. These beetles are small, ranging from . Their bodies are elongate and convex, with black and brown colo ...
. There are about 6 described species in ''Xenochodaeus''.


Species

* '' X. americanus'' (Westwood, 1852) * '' X. luscinus'' (Howden, 1968) * '' X. musculus'' (Say, 1835) * '' X. planifrons'' (Schaeffer, 1906) * '' X. simplex'' (LeConte, 1854) * '' X. ulkei'' (Horn, 1876)


References


Further reading

* Arnett, R.H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (2002). ''American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea''. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL. * * Richard E. White. (1983). ''Peterson Field Guides: Beetles''. Houghton Mifflin Company. Scarabaeoidea genera {{Scarabaeoidea-stub